New Zealand - Waikato - Mangakino School - Room 2 - 1988 Mangakino Education - In September 1946 the Mangakino Primary School consisted of a large hut containing one teacher and 13 pupils, “post-primary” students travelled daily to school in Putaruru - A Mangakino District High School was built in 1948 and by 1954 held the record for the largest student population in New Zealand - In 11 July 1994 the Mangakino Primary School and High Schools amalgamated to become the Mangakino Area School and reside on the old high school grounds